Advancing Shannon Entropy for Measuring Diversity in Systems by R. Rajaram, B. Castellani, A. N. Wilson

“…From economic inequality and species diversity to power laws and the analysis of multiple trends and trajectories, diversity within systems is a major issue for science. …”
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A Multiyear Record of Rainfall and Ionic Composition along an Elevation Gradient in Northeastern Puerto Rico by Elvis Torres-Delgado, Grizelle González, Ernesto Medina, María M. Rivera

“…Finally, the annual loads (kg ha−1 y−1) first increased for all of the species, except PO43– and K+, from the lowland to the cloud formation levels (by 47–121%) and then decreased for all of them, except PO43– and NO3−, at the altitudes above.…”
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Fructose-Induced Carbonyl/Oxidative Stress in S. cerevisiae: Involvement of TOR by Bohdana V. Valishkevych, Ruslana A. Vasylkovska, Liudmyla M. Lozinska, Halyna M. Semchyshyn

“…Fructose is a more potent glycoxidation agent capable of producing greater amounts of reactive carbonyl (RCS) and oxygen species (ROS) than glucose. The increased RCS/ROS production, as a result of glycoxidation in vivo, is supposed to be involved in carbonyl/oxidative stress, metabolic disorders, and lifespan shortening of eukaryotes. …”
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The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK. by Dean R Lomax, Paul de la Salle, Marcello Perillo, Justin Reynolds, Ruby Reynolds, James F Waldron

“…The identification of two specimens with the same unique morphology and from the same geologic age and geographic location warrants the erection of a new genus and species, Ichthyotitan severnensis gen. et sp. nov. …”
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Overview of Cell Death Mechanisms Induced by Rose Bengal Acetate-Photodynamic Therapy by Elisa Panzarini, Valentina Inguscio, Luciana Dini

“…Their interaction triggers photochemical reactions leading to Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) generation, that mediate cytotoxicity and cell death. …”
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Search Rate and Functional Response of a Eusocial Insect (Oecophylla longinoda) in a Tanzanian Mango Orchard by Thora Samsø Fast, Jørgen Aagaard Axelsen, Gina Kier Lynegaard, Maulid Mwatawala, Joachim Offenberg

“…., are famous for being efficient biological control agents as they prey on a variety of insects, and they are capable of suppressing a large number of pest species. Here, the search rate and functional response of Oecophylla longinoda were investigated in a Tanzanian mango orchard using feeding experiments. …”
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Removal of Formaldehyde Using Highly Active Pt/TiO2 Catalysts without Irradiation by Haibao Huang, Huiling Huang, Peng Hu, Xinguo Ye, Dennis Y. C. Leung

“…Negatively charged metallic Pt nanoparticles facilitate the transfer of charge and oxygen species and the activation of oxygen.…”
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Gulf Coast Lupine, Lupinus westianus var. westianus by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

“… Gulf coast lupine (Lupinus westianus var. westianus) is listed as threatened by the Plants in the Preservation of Native Flora of Florida Act, Chapter 5B-40, Florida Administrative Code, 1998, amended (Wunderlin et al. 2017). The species is endemic to coastal counties in the western Panhandle of Florida. …”
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Assessing the Black Sea Mesozooplankton Community Following the Nova Kakhovka Dam Breach by Elena Bisinicu, Luminita Lazar

“…Flooding was found to significantly impact nutrient dynamics and species distributions, with increased concentrations of SiO₄ and NO₃ in flooded stations. …”
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Scrotal Swelling and Testicular Atrophy due to Schistosomiasis in a 9-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report by Peter F. Rambau, Alphonce Chandika, Philipo L. Chalya, Kahima Jackson

“…Schistosomiasis is a communicable disease which commonly involves urinary bladder causing hematuria, or large bowel causing bloody stool. The common species encountered in this lake region surrounding Lake Victoria in Tanzania are Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni. …”
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Gonad quality of sea urchin Tripneustis gratilla with different seaweed diets by Agnette Tjendanawangi, Nicodemus Dahoklory

“…The study was conducted in two phases, namely first phase was to obtain the content of carotenoids and β-carotene from several species of seaweed; and second phase was to testify the seaweed that produced high quality of sea urchin gonad.This study used completely randomized design with 4 treatmens of macroalgae diets, namely: 1. …”
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Growth Performance, Survival Rate, and Water Quality in an Aquaculture System Using Different Feeding Strategies for Juveniles of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by Gustavo Fonseca, Emerson Machado De Carvalho, Dagon Manoel Ribeiro

“…Aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry worldwide, with Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) being one of the most intensively farmed fish species. This study aimed to evaluate the growth performance and water quality parameters in different culture systems for Nile tilapia. …”
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Wood identification in objects of Bambuti people from the Congo in the collection of the Slovene ethnographic museum by Katarina Čufar, Hans Beeckman, Marko Frelih, Luka Krže, Wannes Hubau, Maks Merela

“…., the dagger and sheath of Autranella congolensis or another high density species of Sapotaceae, and the crossbow of Nauclea diderichii (bow) and Xylopia sp. …”
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Stress-Induced Changes in the Gastrointestinal Motor System by Victor Plourde

“…It has become evident that the effects of stress on GI motility vary according to the stressful stimulus, its intensity, the animal species under study and the time course of the study. …”
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The role of PCD in sexual dimorphism of dioecious Spinacia oleracea L. by Asuman Karadeniz Pekgöz, Özal Mutlu, Özlem Aytürk

“…S. oleracea provides an ideal unisexual floral developmental system for studying the structural development of floral organs. These species forms non-hermaphroditic flowers; the pistil is fertile in the female flower, but the development of the stamens stops at an early phase and this organ atrophies and becomes functionless, while the male flowers form four fertile stamens, however there is not any trace of the pistil, it aborts at a much early stage. …”
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Muscular TOR knockdown and endurance exercise ameliorate high salt and age-related skeletal muscle degradation by activating the MTOR-mediated pathway. by Shi-Jie Wang, Deng-Tai Wen, Ying-Hui Gao, Jing-Feng Wang, Xing-Feng Ma

“…The results showed that muscle TOR knockdown and endurance exercise significantly increased the climbing speed, climbing endurance, the expression of autophagy related gene 2(ATG2), silent information regulator 2(SIR2), and pparγ coactivator 1(PGC-1α) genes, and superoxide dismutases(SOD) activity, but it decreased the expression of the TOR gene and reactive oxygen species(ROS) level, and it protected the myofibrillar fibers and mitochondria of skeletal muscle in Drosophila on a high-salt diet. …”
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Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Oxidases and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease by Vittoria Cammisotto, Emanuele Valeriani, Pasquale Pignatelli, Francesco Violi

“…Growing evidence linked the activity of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidases (NOX) to the increased liver production of reactive oxygen species up to liver damage and fibrosis. NOX acts both in hepatocytes and in non-parenchymal hepatic cells, contributing to hepatocyte lipotoxicity, impaired hepatic microcirculation, hepatic stellate, and mesenchymal stem cells activation and proliferation. …”
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Prevalence of Coccidiosis in Free-Range Chicken in Sidi Thabet, Tunisia by Khaled Kaboudi, Sajid Umar, Muhammad Tanveer Munir

“…The overall rate of coccidiosis was 31.8%: E. tenella (61.5%), E. maxima (12%), and E. acervulina (1.5%). Mixed Eimeria species infection was observed with overall prevalence 26.5%. …”
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Roles of Pyruvate, NADH, and Mitochondrial Complex I in Redox Balance and Imbalance in β Cell Function and Dysfunction by Xiaoting Luo, Rongrong Li, Liang-Jun Yan

“…This hypothesis is based on the establishment that chronic hyperglycemia overloads complex I with NADH leading to enhanced complex I production of reactive oxygen species. As nearly all metabolic pathways are impaired in diabetes, understanding how complex I in the β cells copes with elevated levels of NADH in the diabetic pancreas may provide potential therapeutic strategies for diabetes.…”
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Advancements in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy: A comprehensive tool for pharmaceutical research by Bešić Erim, Rajić Zrinka, Šakić Davor

“…This review aims to provide a thorough examination of EPR spectroscopy’s applications in analyzing a wide array of para-magnetic species relevant to pharmaceutical research. We detail how EPR spectroscopy can be employed to assess free radical scavenging properties in pharmaceutical compounds, elucidate drug mechanisms of action, and explore pharmacokinetics. …”
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